Adobe Creative Cloud All-In-One for Dummies

Make your design ideas come to life Top designers know the tools in Adobe Creative Cloud are essential for turning great ideas into great visuals. This book is your go-to guide to getting started with the design applications in Adobe Creative Cloud. Explore editing photos with Photoshop, creating art with Illustrator, designing pages in InDesign, building websites and mobile apps with Adobe XD, and managing your digital assets with Adobe Bridge. With a little know-how, you'll soon be making digital or print products that live up to your design dreams. 6 Books Inside.-.-.- Getting Started with the Creative Cloud suite- Managing assets with Adobe® Bridge- Upgrading images in Photoshop® CC- Designing page layouts with InDesign® CC- Creating drawings in Illustrator® CC- Building apps in Adobe® XD

Jennifer Smith is the director of user experience design practice at the American Graphics Institute. She is also a designer, consultant, educator, mentor, and author of over a dozen books on digital imaging and web publishing. Christopher Smith is president of the American Graphics Institute. He is author of more than ten books on digital publishing, including many of the Adobe official training guides.

Introduction 1 Why Is It Important? 2 About This Book 2 Foolish Assumptions 4 Icons Used in This Book 4 Beyond the Book 4 Where to Go from Here 5 Book 1: Getting Started with the Creative Cloud Suite 7 Chapter 1: The Creative Cloud 9 Chapter 2: Creative Cloud Application Management 17 Chapter 3: Creative Cloud Extras for You 21 Chapter 4: Using Common Menus and Commands 39 Chapter 5: Exploring Common Panels 51 Book 2: Adobe Bridge 57 Chapter 1: Organizing and Managing Your Files with Adobe Bridge 59 Chapter 2: Taking Advantage of Metadata in Adobe Bridge 71 Chapter 3: Using Automation Tools in Adobe Bridge 81 Book 3: Photoshop CC 89 Chapter 1: Getting into Photoshop CC Basics 91 Chapter 2: Messing with Mode Matters 111 Chapter 3: Making Selective Changes 121 Chapter 4: Using the Photoshop Pen Tool 145 Chapter 5: Creating Images in the Right Resolution for Print and the Web 161 Chapter 6: Creating a Good Image 169 Chapter 7: Working with Painting and Retouching Tools 187 Chapter 8: Using Layers 209 Chapter 9: Going Beyond the Basics with Layers 225 Chapter 10: Saving Photoshop Images for Print and the Web 243 Book 4: Indesign CC 257 Chapter 1: Introducing InDesign CC 259 Chapter 2: Working with Text and Text Frames 281 Chapter 3: Understanding Page Layout 309 Chapter 4: Drawing in InDesign 329 Chapter 5: Understanding Color 351 Chapter 6: Clipping Paths, Alignment, and Object Transformation 357 Chapter 7: Exporting to PDF and Printing 369 Chapter 8: Creating Digital Documents Using EPUB and Publish Online 383 Book 5: Illustrator CC 399 Chapter 1: Discovering Illustrator CC 401 Chapter 2: Using the Selection Tools 423 Chapter 3: Creating Basic Shapes and Beyond 437 Chapter 4: Using the Pen Tool and Integrating Images 449 Chapter 5: Using Type in Illustrator 465 Chapter 6: Organizing Your Illustrations 491 Chapter 7: Using Layers 505 Chapter 8: Livening Up Illustrations with Color 515 Chapter 9: Using the Transform and Distortion Tools 543 Chapter 10: Working with Transparency and Special Effects Tools 557 Chapter 11: Using Filters and Effects 571 Chapter 12: Using Your Illustrator Images 587 Book 6: Adobe XD 605 Chapter 1: Introducing the XD Workspace 607 Chapter 2: Working with Artboards 627 Chapter 3: Creating Your User Interface (UI) with Shapes, Paths, and Custom Shapes 637 Chapter 4: Building Your UI 649 Chapter 5: Working with Text in Your XD Project 661 Chapter 6: Working with Imagery in XD 673 Chapter 7: Creating Design Libraries 681 Chapter 8: Adding Interactivity to Your XD Project 691 Chapter 9: Sharing Your XD Project 705 Index 715